primary_archaeological_and_epigraphic_synthesis · src_snape_2003_zawiyet
New perspectives on distant horizons: aspects of Egyptian imperial administration in Marmarica in the Late Bronze Age
Snape, Steven · 2003
Reading ancient testimony
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Document and modern access
- Type
- journal_article
- Publication
- Libyan Studies, Cambridge University Press, vol. 34, 1–8
Records informed by this source
- date assertion Tehenu — date assertioninforms · critiques interpretation · pp. 1–8
Demonstrates why western labels must be tied to specific inscriptions and contexts.
- entity TehenuEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · critiques interpretation · pp. 1–8
Demonstrates why western labels must be tied to specific inscriptions and contexts.
- date assertion Ramesside fortress-town operation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · pp. 1–8; fortress-town and short-lived administration
Establishes the Ramesside institutional occupation and western setting.
- event Ramesside fortress-town operation at Zawiyet Umm el-RakhamEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · pp. 1–8; fortress-town and short-lived administration
Establishes the Ramesside institutional occupation and western setting.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · pp. 1–8; fortress-town and short-lived administration
Establishes the Ramesside institutional occupation and western setting.
- relationship Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — administered by — New Kingdom EgyptEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · pp. 1–8
Provides the imperial-administration evidence.
- relationship Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — textually associated with — TjemehuEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides primary evidence · pp. 1–8, ‘Tjemeh-Land’ inscription
Provides the textual association and context.
- entity TjemehuEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides primary evidence · pp. 1–8, fortress inscriptions and discussion of ‘Tjemeh-Land’
Attests the term in the fortress’s western-frontier setting.
- date assertion Tjemehu — date assertioninforms · provides primary evidence · pp. 1–8, fortress inscriptions and discussion of ‘Tjemeh-Land’
Attests the term in the fortress’s western-frontier setting.
- entity Zawiyet Umm el-RakhamEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides site history · pp. 1–8
Publishes the short-lived imperial administration and inscriptional setting.
- date assertion Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — date assertioninforms · provides site history · pp. 1–8
Publishes the short-lived imperial administration and inscriptional setting.
- claim The designation of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham as lying in ‘Tjemeh-Land’ does not establish a precise Tjemehu political border.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports assignment and caveat · pp. 1–8; fortress inscription and ‘Tjemeh-Land’ discussion
Provides both the phrase and its interpretive setting.
- claim Libu, Meshwesh, Tjemehu, and Tehenu should be represented as source-dependent ancient labels, not as fixed ethnic territories.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports assignment and caveat · pp. 1–8; ‘Tjemeh-Land’ discussion
Provides a local textual use without a mappable frontier.